Events

Curated by Antonio Aimi and Antonio Guarnotta. The exhibition “Aztecs, Mayans, Incas and ancient American cultures” counts about 300 pieces, from terracotta to fabrics belonging to MIC collection, and many other objects (golden spear-throwers, sculptures, stele, etc.) from the most important anthopology Italian museums and private collections. The exhibitions presents a new and updated sinthesis of the most important ancient American cultures, disclosing the most interesting themes investigated by recent researches: the conquest of America as seen from the defeated, the woman condition, math and calculus of ancient Peru and pre-Columbian art and acheology. The MIC of Faenza has one of the most interesting Italian collections of pre-Columbian art, consisting of almost 900 artifacts. The first important nucleus dates back to the prewar. The collection was then enriched in the post-war period. This thanks to the donations of museums and institutions in Mexico City, Philadelphia, Lima, San José and has increased to date thanks to numerous private donations, some even recent. The exhibition is enriched with some finds, even of the highest level and in some cases unique in the world. Finds from the collections of other Italian museums, together with loans from some private collectors. From November 18th, every […]

Since 1925 Sagra del Raviolo takes place in Casalfiumanese on the Sunday nearest to 19th March, initially in conjunction with Saint Joseph’s cattle Fair, which dates back to 1738. It was a chance for the whole town to celebrate with rich meals and the Count Alessandretti decided to include children in the celebrations by distributing raviolo biscuits. Nowadays, the fair no longer exists but Raviolo Festival survives. In this day, raviolo biscuits, the typical sweet biscuits filled with jam and covered in liquor-flavoured sugar, are thrown from the town towers to the crowd. The atmosphere is completed by live entertainment, pageants and floats, all of this under the alert eye of the so-called “Conte Raviolone”, a character created to entertain the crowd waiting for the distribution of raviolos. This year, another day joins the celebration: Saturday 23rd March is the “Night Before Raviolo”, with live music and local food. Info Facebook page.

The house where Alfredo Oriani spent most of his life and wrote all of his works Guided tours of “Il Cardello” House Museum resume on Sunday, April 6st, 2019 after winter break. “Il Cardello” is a splendid example of a nineteenth-century romagnola house, still complete with its original furnishings, just as Luisa Pifferi, daughter of the writer Alfredo and the last to person to lived there, had left it. In the attic, there are many relics: agricultural tools from the estate (Oriani was a proud wine producer), and the bicycle with which the writer, considered ‘the father of “cycling”, in 1897 made the solo trip of almost 1,000 km between Romagna and Tuscany, which inspired one of his most beloved works: “La Bicicletta”. Opening hours: Saturday afternoon (from April 1st to June 30th, from 3pm to 5pm, from July 1st to September 30th, from 4pm to 6pm, closed in October) Sundays and holidays (from April to September 30th, from 10am to noon and from 2.30pm to 6.30pm, and from 2.30pm to 5.30pm in October). Admission (€ 4.50 full, € 3.00 reduced) includes a guided tour, departing every 30 minutes from opening. Possible visits for groups even after hours, by reservation. […]